Flavio Briatore is not planning on making a return to Formula One in the near future despite protesting his innocence over the alleged race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

The former supremo worked with Benetton and Renault during his stint in Formula One, helping to launch the careers of Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. However, he walked away from the sport following the race fixing scandal which saw Nelson Piquet Jr. crash on purpose in order to allow Alonso to win the race for Renault. In an interview with F1 Racing, Briatore has reinforced his innocence over the matter.

“There was no proof that I was involved in Singapore. Which is the reason I won in court. I’ve nothing more to say; I said it already at the time.”

Briatore also said that he had no trouble staying away from the sport, and that he would not be making a return any time soon.

“I was in Formula 1 for 20 years, won seven championships with two different teams, discovered the two big stars after Ayrton Senna: Schumi and Fernando.

“I know everything that’s going on and I know to have a team at this moment makes no sense financially. So, there is no reason for me to come back to F1.”

Quite whether Briatore really is done with F1 or not remains to be seen, but he does not appear to be burning to make a comeback.

It’s known as “Carburetor Day” – or in its simplest term, just “Carb Day.”

But the final day of on-track action Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before Sunday’s 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 is so much more.

Especially on NBCSN, which will have wall-to-wall live coverage starting Friday morning.

Here’s how Friday’s schedule breaks down:

11 a.m. ET: Carb Day kicks off with the final practice for Sunday’s Indy 500. The session will last one hour in length.

12 p.m. ET: We’re going racing! Strap in for coverage of the Indy Lights’ Freedom 100 on the famous Brickyard.

1:30 p.m. ET: We’ll have coverage of the annual IndyCar Pit Stop Challenge. Which teams have the best – and most importantly, fastest and accurate – pit crews? Team Penske has won 10 of the last 12, including the last two years edging out Schmidt Peterson Motorsports each time. Who can potentially beat them this year?

1) 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi will discuss how it used to upset him when people suggested he “backed into” his big win and how he didn’t really feel vindicated until he qualified on the front row for last year’s race.
2) Defending 500 winner Takuma Sato, the first Japanese driver to ever win at Indianapolis, discusses the impact of his big win personally and professionally, particularly back in his native land.
3) An essay by Robin Miller on Stefan Wilson giving up his ride last year to allow Fernando Alonso to race for Andretti Autosport.